Dr. Kaplan s knowledge and leadership experience allows Dr. Kaplan to provide the Company with a wealth of valuable international executive experience and a perspective that provides the Board a critical resource for management. His association with U.S. companies and global academia provides the Company with a valuable state of the art executive management resource. RBC director since 2018. President Emeritus of the University of New Haven since 2023. Served as President of the University of New Haven from 2004 to 2023. Prior to the University of New Haven, spent many years in teaching and leadership roles at other universities including the University of Virginia s College at Wise, the University of Maryland, Eberhard-Karls Universit t (T bingen, Germany), the University of Southern Colorado, the State University of New York at Buffalo and Butler University. Education: Bachelor of Arts, University of California, Los Angeles Master s degree, Eberhard-Karls Universit t Ph.D., Eberhard-Karls Universit t